Who lives here
12,016
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age40
- Aged 65+16.1%
- Under 2528.3%
- Median household income$2,119/wk
- Median rent$430/wk
Bayside (Vic.), Victoria
The Bayside suburb that skipped the postcard.
Highett sits inside the Bayside council area, but it isn't chasing the beachfront money Brighton and Sandringham trade on. It's a working suburb of 12,016 people built around its own shopping strip and the light industrial pocket that gives tradies somewhere to park a van and a supplier somewhere to stock it. Household income runs to $2,119 a week, real money moving without a foreshore view attached. Across the wider Bayside council area professional, scientific and technical services lead with 3,045 businesses and construction follows at 1,607, the two trades that actually keep Highett's economy ticking: consultants working from a home office, and builders, electricians and plumbers running jobs out of the industrial estate.
You would expect a Bayside postcode to lean older and settled, matching the rest of that council area. Highett doesn't: 28.3% of the suburb is under 25, against just 16.1% over 65, and a median age of 40 undersells how much of the population is still renting its first place, buying its first car and googling its first tradie. That's a customer who has never opened a phone book and never will. A physiotherapist, a mortgage broker, a landscaper or a personal trainer chasing that crowd is competing for someone who compares three websites before ringing anyone, on a phone, usually after nine at night. A site that hasn't been touched since 2018 reads as closed. A fast, well-built one with proper local SEO is the cheapest sales rep a Highett business will ever hire, and it works weekends.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Highett brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Highett market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Highett itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Bayside (Vic.) area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,590
businesses in Highett (estimated*)
- Bayside (Vic.) total13,555
- Solo / non-employing9,075
- 1–4 staff3,296
- 5–19 staff938
- 20+ staff246
91% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Bayside (Vic.) (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services3,045
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Rental, hiring & real estate2,158
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Construction1,607
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Health care & social assistance1,300
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Financial & insurance services1,110
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Retail trade816
*Suburb business estimate: LGA business count (ABS CABEE, Data by Region) apportioned by the suburb's share of the LGA population at the 2021 Census; rounded to the nearest 10. Sources: ABS Census 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), ABS Data by Region. Refreshed 2026-08-29.
Typical projects
What Highett businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Construction Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For builders, electricians and plumbers working Highett's industrial pocket and the wider Bayside patch, built to win the quote before the phone even rings.
- Instant quote request form
- Before-and-after job gallery
- Service area & suburb pages
- Click-to-call, mobile-first
Professional Services Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For consultants, brokers, accountants and clinics chasing Bayside's professional crowd, presenting credentials and services with the polish this market expects.
- Credentials & case studies
- Online booking or enquiry form
- Service breakdown pages
- Fast load on mobile data
Property & Real Estate Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For agents, property managers and landlords working Highett's rental and real estate market, with listings, enquiries and area guides in one fast site.
- Live property listings
- Suburb & area guide pages
- Enquiry & appraisal forms
- Map-based search
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Why FindDevs in Highett
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Highett the problem isn't finding someone who says they build websites. It's telling who's actually good. We vet so you don't have to, then hand you three written quotes from developers matched to your exact brief, in 24 hours.
All Australian. All vetted.
Every developer holds an ABN, works Australian hours, and passed our vetting: portfolio, communication, and references from Aussie clients. 12% acceptance rate. No offshore hand-offs.
Built for Highett's actual customers.
The median age in Highett is 40. Your customers find everything on their phones, usually in a spare minute. We match developers who build mobile-first, fast-loading pages that turn that search into a call or a booking.
Free, with a safety net.
The service costs you nothing. Developers cover our fee from their winning quote, never inflated into your price. And if a matched developer drops the ball mid-project, we step in. Service Guarantee, always.
FAQ
Highett questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service site for a builder, electrician or consultant runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A professional services site with booking or enquiry forms is $3,500 – $9,000. A property or real estate site with live listings and area guides runs $4,500 – $12,000 over 4–6 weeks. We match you with three vetted developers and you get fixed-price quotes back within 24 hours, so you're comparing real numbers, not estimates.
Not necessarily. FindDevs matches you with vetted Australian developers based on your brief, not your postcode. Plenty of businesses in Bayside and further out have their sites built by a developer working from somewhere else in the country entirely. What you get is someone briefed properly on what a Highett business actually needs: fast on mobile, clear pricing, and a way to book or enquire without picking up the phone. You get three quotes to compare, not one developer picked for you.
Most projects land in 2–6 weeks depending on scope. A straightforward trade or service site is the fastest, usually 2–4 weeks. A site with live listings, booking systems or a bigger catalogue takes longer, closer to 4–6 weeks. You'll get a fixed timeline as part of your quote, not a moving target, and three vetted developers quote against the same brief so you can compare price and turnaround side by side before you commit to anyone.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Highett businesses like any other. No hourly rates, no discovery call before you can see a number.
Starter Business Website
$1,990
1–2 weeks
A sharp five-page website that makes a small business look established, live in a fortnight.
See what's includedProfessional Business Website
$4,950
2–4 weeks
The full small-business build: 8–12 pages, booking or quoting flows, and local SEO that actually ranks.
See what's includedLocal SEO Build-Out
$2,950
2 weeks
The ranking machine bolted onto your existing site: service pages, suburb pages, schema and reviews, done properly once.
See what's includedWebsite Care Plan
$190
Ongoing monthly
Hosting, updates, backups, security and monthly changes, all handled, so your site stays fast and safe without you thinking about it.
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Your industry
Developers who have built for your trade before.
The biggest employers around Highett, by registered businesses in Bayside (Vic.). Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
3,045
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
2,158
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
1,607
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
1,300
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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